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The MangaHelpers Anime Awards Nominations Thread

Who will submit the nominations?
The nominations will be submitted by members of the staff and by you, the members of the site. In that way, all the members of the site will come together to decide what is the best of the best.

How to submit a nomination
Submit a nomination for the different award categories by posting in this thread and by explaining why said series/character/event deserves to be a nominee for that award category. The explanation cannot be longer than three lines. Please add a link to MAL where pertinent and please provide links to videos on youtube if available for the OP/ED/Insert song/ Anime OST categories.

- You don’t have to nominate for all the award categories, but you can only make 1 nomination for each award category.

-Out of all the nominations for the different award categories, only the 5 nominations that earn the most support (“votes”) become the official nominees.

- To show your support for a nomination, the only thing you need to do is to you write a post in this thread indicating your support for said nomination.

-The nomination process will take place from now until the next two weeks; you can edit your nomination at any time during that period. To edit a nomination, please make a new post and follow the template to change a nomination, if you don’t, your new nomination won’t be considered.

- Once a series/character/event has been nominated, it doesn’t need to be nominated for a second time. If you agree with said nomination, please use the appropriate template to support it.

Below are the templates to submit your nominations:

Template to make a nomination:

*insert name of the award category* - *insert name of the nominee*: *insert explanation of why said series/character/event deserves to be a nominee for that award category. (The explanation cannot be longer than three lines.)*

Note: Please be prudent in using spoiler tags for major events (eg death, plot twists), and label your spoiler tags with the series name so people know what they are getting themselves into.

Template to support a nomination:

*insert name of the award category* – I support *insert the name of the nominee*

Template to edit a previous nomination:

*insert name of the award category* – I originally nominated *insert name of nominee*, but now I want to change it to *insert name of new nominee*

-Please respect the opinions and nominations of others. It’s okay if you don’t like a series or a character or an event that another person nominates and it’s okay if you don’t agree with said nomination; but please do not bash the character, or the series, or event, or the person who posts the nomination. The purpose of The MangaHelpers Anime Awards is to do something as a whole community while having fun, not to initiate any kind of drama or fights.

-In case an award category doesn’t have enough nominations, the rest of the nominees will come from a panel of experts and members from the staff.

Awards categories

Quote:

Best Male Lead (benelori)
Best Male supporting character (benelori)
Best Female Lead (destiny4ever)
Best Female supporting character (destiny4ever)

Best Male Seiyuu (saladesu)
Best Female Seiyuu (saladesu)

Best Opening Theme (destiny4ever)
Best Ending Theme (destiny4ever)
Best Insert Song (saladesu)
Best Anime Soundtrack (destiny4ever)

Best Comedy (destiny4ever)
(List with the names of some comedy anime series)

Best Action (benelori)
(List with the names of some action anime series)

Best Romance (destiny4ever)
(List with the names of some romance anime series)

Best Drama (HegemonKhan)
(List with the names of some drama anime series)

Best Mystery (HegemonKhan)
(List with the names of some mystery anime series)

Best Slice of Life (destiny4ever)
(List with the names of some slice of life anime series)

Best Sports (HegemonKhan)
(List with the names of some sports anime series)

Best Horror (benelori)
(List with the names of some horror anime series)

Best Sci-Fi (HegemonKhan)
(List with the names of some sci-fi anime series)

Best Fantasy (HegemonKhan)
(List with the names of some fantasy anime series)

Best Costume Design (benelori)

Best Villain (HegemonKhan)
Best Death (saladesu) [Please use spoiler tags and label with series name]

Best Fight (benelori)
Best Kiss (destiny4ever)
For this category, please write the nominee inside a spoiler tag and be sure to add a description of what series the spoiler is about beforehand, or use the spoiler tag like this:
[spoiler= *insert name of the series] In addition, if possible please add a link to a pic of the kiss.

Best Episode (HegemonKhan)

Best Couple (destiny4ever)

Best Full Cast (saladesu)

Best Animation TV series (saladesu)
Best Animation OVAs (M3J)
Best Animation Movies (M3J)

Best WTF Moment (benelori)
For this category, if the wtf moment is very spoilerish please write the nominee inside a spoiler tag and be sure to add a description of what series the spoiler is about beforehand, or use the spoiler tag like this:
[spoiler= *insert name of the series]

Best plot-twist (HegemonKhan) [Please use spoiler tags and label with series name]

Best Anime for 2010 / Best new series (anime first subbed in 2010 will be also accepted for this award category) (destiny4ever)
Best Ongoing Anime (only anime that have started airing before 2011 can participate in this award category) (HegemonKhan)

Best Anime Overall (only anime that has ended can participate in this award category)
(destiny4ever, saladesu, benelori and HegemonKhan)

Re: The MangaHelpers Anime Awards Nominations Thread

Very well planned
..I take it that the nominations has started?
If yes, then I'll go ahead.

Best Male Lead:Monkey D Luffy from One Piece. The shounen epic and the never giving up spirit, not to mention the huge appetite for adventure. Luffy is an inspiration to young boys (not to mention he is strong emotionally too)!

Best Male Supporting Character:Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist.
He's awesome because he have the wits to get things done. He also have a team of people( including Riza) that trusts him completely and is someone that a country can count on. His fire alchemy is a great plus too !

Best Female Lead:Kyouko Mogami from Skip Beat!
I won't call her inspiring.. but her thirst for revenge is really, huge. Maybe it's because of that, she is someone that preserves till the end and do what she believes in.

Best Male Seiyuu:Fukuyama, Jun
The voice of Lelouch/Rikuo/Ryner/Shinra and many more. He have a lot of experience and voice many roles from supporting to main. He have a variety of voices and manage to pull dramatic scenes off with the characters the voice(I'm sure people who watch LOL heros and CG knows this!).

Best Female Seiyuu:Kugimiya, Rie
The voice of Taiga/Kagura/Shana/ Alphonse from FMA and many more. Most of the time known as the tsundere queen, she also have a lot of experience and most of the time voice tsunderes character and does a good job doing that But don't be mistaken, her voice have great variation as in her work as Alphonse.

Best Animation TV Series:
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
I think Bones did a good job with the animation here and with the pacing too. I personally think that it was perfect and despite comments by others, it wasn't fast or anything. Great voice acting and direction is a big plus too.

Best Comedy: Full Metal Panic - FumoffuBest Action: Hellsing
It's kinda old already and I know that many people disliked the old series. But I think it has a great combination of horror elements, stylish characters, cool fights and madness.Best Fantasy: Spirited Away
Most people will know it, it was an amazing movie reaching a broad audience.Best Sci-Fi: Space Battleship Yamato
It was groundbreaking not only for anime (by making it popular in Japan and overseas!) but also for science fiction. It is said to be the first Sci-Fi to use the word "Warp", and delivers a lot of technical explanations for futuristic tech.

Best Episode: Berserk Ep. 25 (final episode)
I know, many people hate how the anime adaption ends... but I think it's kinda epic Best Animation Movies: Ghost in the Shell
Afaik also very important for anime movies in general. Showing how good and deep anime can be to a broad audience.

Best Movie: Ghost in the Shell

Best Alteration of Story Line: Hellsing
Although it begins similar to the manga/OVA, it totally shifts focus. Much less fast-paced action and no nazi vampires -which I considered overdone-, but rather remaining more temperated. Actually that made Alucard and Victoria appearing much cooler and calmer than in the original story line!Best Old School Anime: Space Battleship Yamato (1972)
Same reasons as for best Sci Fi. And very specifically for best oldschool: Groundbreaking in every way.

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Best Male Lead (benelori)
Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop. The epitome of manliness, rule of cool and badassery. Generally one of the most recognizable anime characters around, deservedly so, he pretty much defined awesome male leads for a generation.

Best Male supporting character (benelori)
Fakir from Princess Tutu. He was actually the the supposed antagonist in the beginning but shifted over to supporting good guy some ways into the series. He had more character development in 12 episodes than main characters get in their entire run.

Best Female Lead (destiny4ever)
Hitagi Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari! I've seen tons of anime, yet she's the one that sticks out most as a female lead. Great character, great development and an awesome tsundere!

Best Female supporting character (destiny4ever)
Asuka Langley Soryu from Evangelion. Although she had a lot of character interaction with the main character, ultimately she didn't serve much purpose to the overall plot. Yet she still ended up being the best character in Evangelion.

Best Male Seiyuu (saladesu)Daisuke Ono, he has a great range and voices some of my favorite characters like Shizuo from Durarara and Battler from Umineko. He can do manly voices and pretty boy voices and he pulls them all off with style.

Best Female Seiyuu (saladesu)Sayaka Ohara. Again some incredible range, she can do cute voices for cute character and mature deep voices for older characters, my favorite characters voiced by her are Alicia from Aria and Beatrice from Umineko, two very polarizing roles.

Best Anime Soundtrack (destiny4ever)
Hmm this is a hard one. I'll go with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST composed by Yoko Kanno. It's got a great variety and loads of really good songs, not just a bunch of throw aways.

Best Comedy (destiny4ever)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes. Yeah it aired last year. Still the funniest show I've ever seen.

Best Action (benelori)
....
Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners. Its a movie series with some of the best choreographed/storyboarded fights I've ever seen in anime.

Best Romance (destiny4ever)
ef - tale of memories. Self-explanatory, one of the best romance animes around

Best Drama (HegemonKhan)
Haibane Renmei. Superb series with excellent character interactions and exposition

Best Mystery (HegemonKhan)
Monster. Yeah its also a manga, but the anime is better. There are also not many good candidates for the mystery genre in anime, but Monster is still amazing.

Best Slice of Life (destiny4ever)
Aria/Natural/Origination. Its the same show but different seasons. Aria is an incredible piece of work, the manga is good sure, but the anime is phenomenally better.

Best Horror (benelori)
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni/Kai. Again, same show, different seasons. There are not many if any good horror anime out there, but Higurashi is the only one that actually creeped me out years ago.

Best Sci-Fi (HegemonKhan)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Space-opera politics with some really amazing characters, plot and structure. One of the best shows I have ever see.

Best Fantasy (HegemonKhan)
Mononoke. One of my favorite shows etc. It has a trippy style but its amazing how much emotion is written into the arcs.

Best Costume Design (benelori)
umm Code Geass I guess. CLAMP did the designs after all

Best Kiss (destiny4ever)
Haruhi and Kyon's in the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. We didn't actually see it up close but the build up to it was awesome and the music choice was epic!

Best Episode (HegemonKhan)
Naruto (original) 133

Best Couple (destiny4ever)
Holo & Lawrence (Spice & Wolf). Great couple, the development between the two if fun to watch and romantic but its got some good drama going for it to boot.

Best Full Cast (saladesu)
Baccano! Durarara comes into a close second but I loved all of Baccano's characters instead of a handful in Durarara

Best Animation TV series (saladesu)
Paranoia Agent. I think its the only TV series that comes close to 12-24 frames a second. Which is unheard of the medium. Runner ups would have to be Kamichu and Dennou Coil.

Best Animation OVAs (M3J)
Diebuster! It was either this or FLCL (both animated by Gainax). Diebuster gets the edge because it is a lot more action-animation focused than FLCL and has tons of amazing scenes to boot.

Best OVA (HegemonKhan)
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette. Its a 3 episode long OVA and its primarily mystery focused with some excellent suspense.

Best Movie (benelori)
Spirited Away. Miyazaki etc

Best Adaptation – Manga (saladesu)
Monster

Best Adaptation – Light Novel (HegemonKhan)
Bakemonogatari

Best Adaptation – Visual Novel/Games (benelori)
Clannad

Best Original Series (Not based off of a manga) (saladesu)
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Best Alteration of Story Line (saladesu)
Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen

Best Studio (saladesu)
Gainax

Best Old School Anime (only anime older than 2000 can participate in this award category) (M3J)
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Best Anime for 2010 / Best new series (anime first subbed in 2010 will be also accepted for this award category) (destiny4ever)
Tatami Galaxy! Best anime in 2010, it was artsy, trippy, had great animation and a really good story in the end. Shiki and Milky Holmes tie in second place for me

Best Ongoing Anime (only anime that have started airing before 2011 can participate in this award category) (HegemonKhan)
...Star Driver I guess. The Big 3 anime adaptions aren't that good (except maybe Bleach's), they're far from what I'd consider the best yet I can't think of many on-going series at the moment.

Best Anime Overall (only anime that has ended can participate in this award category)
(destiny4ever, saladesu, benelori and HegemonKhan)
Mushishi! Yeah I know it has a manga but the anime is waaay better because it has animation, music and voices! Its an easy-going series with some great philosophical elements. Best anime ever in my opinion

Re: The MangaHelpers Anime Awards Nominations Thread

you can use Spirited Away, though it's a very minor niche "sub-set" of mystery genre in very generalized terms. Usually mystery genre is more about crime/detective stories/plots, like Sherlock Holmes or Monster.

It would fit better under the Best Fantasy category, unless you want to use this for another choice.

Re: The MangaHelpers Anime Awards Nominations Thread

Thank you for your nominations, scav! Unfortunately, One Piece can’t participate in the “Best Anime Overall” award category. Only anime series that have ended can participate in this award category and since One Piece hasn’t ended yet thus it can’t be nominated for the “Best Anime Overall” category. However, please feel free to nominate another anime that has ended and that you think deserves to be nominated for that award category.

Re: The MangaHelpers Anime Awards Nominations Thread

Best original serie : Gungrave
Best comedy: Golden boy
Best Anime overall: Dragon ball z then (its may be old, but the fights scene in DBZ are unique and i've never saw better than that in term of fight)

Re: The MangaHelpers Anime Awards Nominations Thread

Best Male Lead

Amuro Ray - mobile suit gundam (1979)

Best Villian

Char Aznable- mobile suit gundam (1979)

best rival ever....his and amuros rivalry lasted 20 years (although did fight side by side during zeta gundam). also was a hinted pedophile...dont forget the greatest head shot everhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbgFO3n8aN0

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Best Male Lead Eikiichi Onizuka from Great Teacher Onizuka. Even though the anime was slightly altered, despite filler material it stayed very true to the manga Onizuka, which is a brilliant character. The ex-deliquent surely is (even how unlikely it seems) the greatest teacher.
Best Male supporting character Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. At first I thought he was annoying, but his will and persona affected the world of the series so long even after his dead that it was very impressing. He was a true revolutionary hero, in the good sense of the word.

Best Male Seiyuu Kappei Yamaguchi. I'm not much into seiyuus, I only remeber a few names because they are either super popular or particulary impressive. I guess Yamaguchi is both. It's incredible how flexible he is doing a character such as Usopp from One Piece, and L from Death Note and be great at both!

Music is very important to me in anime, so I'll think the music categories bit longer. I'm leaning towards lot of Susumu Hirasawa/Satoshi Kon production though.

Best Comedy - Not sure yet. Pondering between Arakawa Underbridge, GTO, and the rather new Beelzebub and Level E.
Best Action - Black Lagoon. I liked how over done it is, and further in the anime, more intense the fights get.

Best Drama - I think Monster could be nominated here too? I'm still retaining my nomination here though. Grave of Fireflies goes here also I think. And Millenium Actress.

Best Mystery - I'm sure someone else goes with Monster, so I'll still ponder a while which Satoshi Kon product to nominate. Paprika or Paranoia Agent

Best Sports Giant Killing. Even if it was much weaker than the manga, it was still very good and very fresh in the sports genre.

Best Horror - Could Monster be nominated here too? It got me horrified many times.

Best Sci-Fi - Can't decide... Planets, Eureka 7, Paprika...

Best Fantasy - No doubt something by Miyazaki. Mononoke Hime is my nomination.

Best Villain - Johann from Monster. As horrifying as in the manga. Incrediby deep.

Best Old School Anime Tanoshii Moomin Ikka. The wonderfull adaptation of finlandsswedish classic children's books. There are many others I'd like to nominate, like Ashita no Joe or Mazinger Z, but for me personally Tales of the Moomin Valley mean so much.

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I support the nomination for Best Comedy- Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu!
12 episodes of non stop laughing and it is also laughable for people who don't watch the series but the show as a standalone. But it is recommended to watch the series before checking this out.

Best Drama:Clannad. An emotional rollercoaster ride with After Story, from start to the end, the first Clannad also have one of the most unique and touching arc (the one with the violin * hints * hints *)
(If I can only nominate between Clannad and After story, then I'll be nominating After Story).

Best Anime for 2010:The Legend of the Legendary Heroes. This is the first anime to introduce me to the medieval-kind-of-world setting and it left me a deep impression with the cast and I want a season two~

Best Original Series:Gurren Lagann A very drill piercing anime that made an epic impression that'll last for a long time to come.

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Best Opening Theme:
Opening theme in Latin ? Is that even possible ? Elfen Lied did it & did it wonderfully. Seriously, listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaV6eDvgiG4Best Ending Theme: Saiyuki Reload
2nd Ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=162vo6Uxg-4)
I don't know why I like it so much but I'm full of energy each time I hear itBest Comedy: Full Metal Panic FumoffuBest Action: Black LagoonBest Drama: Neon Genesis Evangelion
An anime so rich at a psychological level that it was studied in some universities ...Best Sci-Fi: Gundam Seed
It's one of the few mecha anime I could watch. Lovable characters, great scenario ...Best Opening: Last Exile
One of the few openings that I actually remember. The song, the graphics, the animation ... Really atypical. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_Wd...eature=related)Best Studio: Gonzo
Last Exile, Basilisk, Full Metal Panic, Chrno Crusades, Speed Grapher, Trinity Blood, ... The list is long.Best Old School Anime:
Without any doubt: Cowboy Beebop: The animation, the soundtrack, the details,... Everything is at a level that most ongoing animes don't even reach today.
... To be honest, I still had one little doubt: Evangelion. But Evangelion's ending was a little too much for me

Best Anime Overall: Basilisk:
I really like Basilisk. From beginning to ending, from opening theme to ending theme, from characters to story ... I just like everything in that anime

NB: I can't believe I'm the first to nominate Cowboy Beebop & Evangelion ... Those two are as cult as it can be
NB2: I didn't want to give my vote two times to the same anime.

Best Action: Seirei no MoribitoBest Romance: Kimagure Orange RoadBest Drama: I support Haibane RenmaiBest Slice of Life: I support Aria series (the Animation/the Natural/the Origination)
It's the only anime I've happily managed to remind myself keep up re-watching it from start at least a time a year.Best Sports: Ookiku FurikabutteBest Sci-fi: Eve no JikanBest Fantasy: I support Spirited Away